Thursday, May 24, 2012

Food Deserts be dammed retail food giants and icons are
all building new stores with a smaller footprint consumers have been asking for
and making money doing it. No longer will neighborhoods be without fresh food
options. When customers are ready-2-eat fresh
food Wal-Mart, 7 Eleven and Wawa could be in your neighborhood soon. Walgreens
is in your neighborhood now growing ready-2-eat fresh food options.

In less than one year from launch of Walmart Express, CEO
Bill Simon stated that Walmart Express small-format stores are already
profitable. No longer will Wal-Mart need to look for huge open spaces to build
new units. The small format store range
from 10,000sf to 15,000sf about the size of new large footprint 7 Elevens or
Wawa’s that offer gas.

Consumers go to Wal-Mart too buy national branded
products for less. Consumer have long complained about the time it takes to
shop in a grocery store. Walmart Express
allows them to continue to find value in brands without the need to walk all
the way around the perimeter of the store.

Finding profitability so rapidly with the new footprint
it may be Wal-Mart that will slow the two new stores in the US a day growth
that 7 Eleven is enjoying while dominating this space. Wawa and industry icon and sales per store
leader will continue its growth in Florida for the next several years.
Walgreens is testing fresh food from coast to coast.

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